Lot 8924

Oberleutnant zur See Klaus-Jürgen Bühring - a grouping of the submarine commander of U-360

Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots

Starting Price € 500

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Kriegsmarine Soldbuch, with photo, his awards are listed on page 4: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939, Destroyer War Badge and U-boat War Badge. Complete with all 36 pages. German Bundeswehr miltary service book, with photo, his awards are listed on page 27. Two Kriegsmarine portrait photos of Bühring. A coloured document from U-360. Document “Abendtafel beim Führer und Reichskanzler am 7. März 1939”, for a wife named “Carls”. Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939, Destroyer War Badge and U-boat War Badge, 1957 types, with the matching ribbon bar. Cross of Merit (on ribbon) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany with certificate, 14.08.1979, signed by Federal President Karl Carstens, including a letter of congratulation. Two documents of the Federal Republic of Germany, signed by Defence Minister Georg Leber and Federal President Walter Scheel. A post-war document, signed by Großadmiral a.D. Karl Dönitz. Moreover, three further documents. Klaus-Jürgen Bühring commanded U-360 at the age of 22. He was thus one of the youngest submarine commanders of the Kriegsmarine.

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The auction starts on Wednesday, November 25, 2026 at 4 pm (CET), start subject to the timing of the preceding auction, with Lot no. 8001 - 8488 and continues on Thursday, November 26, 2026 at 10 am (CET) with Lot no. 8489 - 9186. The pre-sale view will take place from May 12 - May 15 2026 in our auction rooms at Bretonischer Ring 3 in 85630 Grasbrunn / Munich from 11 am to 5 pm (CET). Please make an appointment if possible to avoid waiting times.